matter
Across
- 2. an atom that gains or loses one or more electrons from its outermost energy level has a net electric charge
- 5. has little mass, but it has a negative electric charge that is exactly the same magnitude as the positive charge of a proton
- 6. the smallest particle of an element that retains all the properties of that element
- 8. the number of protons in an atom’s nucleus
- 10. atoms of the same element that have different mass numbers
Down
- 1. a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by physical or chemical means
- 3. a tiny particle with approximately the same mass as a proton, but it has no electrical charge.
- 4. a tiny particle that has mass and a positive electric charge
- 7. the sum of the protons and the neutrons in an atom’s nucleus
- 9. anything that has volume and mass